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Red Hat: CVE-2025-38180: kernel: Linux kernel: Use-After-Free vulnerability in ATM subsystem (Multiple Advisories)

Name: Red Hat: CVE-2025-38180: kernel: Linux kernel: Use-After-Free vulnerability in ATM subsystem (Multiple Advisories)
Creator: Red Hat
Published: 2025-07-04T00:00:00.000Z
Keywords: CVE, CWE-416, Red Hat, 2025, 38180, kernel, redhat-upgrade-kernel, redhat-upgrade-kernel-rt, Severity 6

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:C)

Published

Jul 4, 2025

Added

Jul 9, 2025

Modified

Jun 18, 2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: atm: fix /proc/net/atm/lec handling

/proc/net/atm/lec must ensure safety against dev_lec[] changes.

It appears it had dev_put() calls without prior dev_hold(),
leading to imbalance and UAF.

Solutions

redhat-upgrade-kernelredhat-upgrade-kernel-rt

References

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